Bomb Blows Out Front Of West Side Tenement In New York
A dynamite blast at 307 East 45th Street in Manhattan injures thirty people and destroys much of the building front. The same street had a prior explosion three months earlier. A grocer and barber on the ground floor faced threats by menacing letters signed in a naval manner. A policeman nearby was knocked down but unharmed.
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New York
Mar
West Side
East Y Forty-fifth Getreet
Poe
Grasshoppers Threatened by Recent Storm in Colorado
Farmers report heavy hatching of grasshoppers after a warm spell before the snow storm. The cold snap may have killed many, but vast numbers of young hoppers were observed in the area around Love and Colo on March 2.
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Colo
New President Araujo Inaugurated in Salvador Republic
Dr. Manuel E B Araujo was inaugurated president of the republic of Salvador in San Salvador on March 1. The ceremony marked a transfer of power in the capital with officials noting a peaceful transition.
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Salvador
San Salvador
Mar
Manuel EB. Araujo
Republic of Salvador
Senator Myers Chosen In Montana Senate
Helens March 2 Henry L Myers Democrat Ravalli County was elected on the seventy ninth joint ballot to succeed Senator Carter. Myers received 63 votes with Democrats consolidating behind him after others shifted from their earlier positions. He moved from Missouri to Hamilton in 1898 and has been active in law and politics.
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Missouri
Hamilton
Settlement of Cradock Ranch Sale in Larimer County
Fort Collins reports A C Kluver bought the 640 acre Cradock ranch near Livermore for 17000 dollars. The property, once owned by Chas Cradock and named for him, transferred to Herbert Straker before changing hands to the purchaser.
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Fort Collins
Colo
A. C. Kluver
Cradock
Livermore
Chas. Cradock
Colorado's Luther Burbank Plans Wheat Coffee Breakfast
Greeley March 2 Luther Burbank RE House announces plans for 1911 to develop a wheat coffee product that may yield an entirely new breakfast food. He aims to cross coffee and wheat and also to create a seedless watermelon. He mentions corn from Peru wheat from Egypt and another Cuban corn promising remarkable results.
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Greeley
Colo
Colorado
Luther Burbank
RE. P. House
West
Peru
Egypt
Cuba
New Mexico Woman Lawyer Argues Supreme Court Case
In Santa Fe on March 2, Nellie Brewer of Albuquerque became the first woman to argue a case before the New Mexico supreme court. As secretary of the New Mexico Bar Association and the territory's only female lawyer, she represented Butler & Ramsey against the Oliver Typewriter Co in a motion to reopen a default judgment, receiving high praise for her argument.
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Santa Fe
N. M
New Mexico Supreme Court
Nellie Brewer
Albuquerque
New Mexico Bar Asociation
New Mexico
Butler & Ramsey
Oliver Typewriter Company
Jealous Lieutenant Fights with Captain in Officers Club
San Francisco report says Lieut. John Walker and Capt. W L Reed clashed at a Monterey Presidio officers club after Walker blamed Reed for paying attention to Walker’s wife. The fight moved outdoors with infantry available. Reed suffered a bruised eye and bruises while Walker sustained minor bumps. The post commander investigates.
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San Francisco
John C. Walker
Vialion
W. L. Reed
Monterey Presidio
Officers’ Club
Monterey
Neut. Walker
Leutenant
Walker
Capt. Reed
Tle
Reed
Polly Ann Weed Marries Ninth Husband in Indiana
Polly Ann Weed, a 70 year old wealthy divorcee from Woaneville Indiana, wed Harrison Strode 69, her ninth husband. She first married James Weed at 18 and remarried his name after each death or divorce, having divorced Nos. 2 and 3 and 7 and 8, while Nos. 4 and 5 and 6 died or were separated benefiting her estates. She said she loved all husbands and praised divorce law.
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Woaneville
Ind
Polly Ann Weed
Harrison Strode
Vaudeville Managers Form Protective Association
Practically all leading vaudeville producing managers and owners form The Vaudeville Managers' Protective association. The group, approved by Supreme Court justice Hare Paris, aims to raise standards of morality on stage and in theatres.
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New York
Vaudeville Managers’ Protective Association
Puastice Piatsch
Supreme Court
Hare? Paris
Sylvester Z Polo
Morris Meyerfield Jr
Frick F. Proctor
Edward F. Albee
William Hammerstein
Percy Williams
Marcus Loew
Walter Vincent
Michael Shea
Japanese Engineer Tries Suicide with Blank Cartridges
New York March 2 M Shimuura a young Japanese electrical engineer was taken to Presbyterian hospital from a Lexington Avenue boarding house with four bullet holes in his clothing though no wounds were found on his body He intended to kill himself and bought a revolver loaded with blank cartridges A hardware dealer who suspected the act sold the weapon and Shimuura then fired at the river from the Queensboro Bridge but survived without injury.
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New York
M. Shimuura
Lexington Avenue
Presbyterian Hospital
Shimuura
Queensborough
Old Man Found Dead From Gas Leak at Court Place
Denver reports the death of John G. Ware aged about 60 after a rubber tube broke from a gas plate in an apartment house at 149 Court Place. Roomers found the body at noon when a gas odor was noticed. Coroner Horm investigated. Ware left a son, John G. Ware Jr., employed at Union Depot baggage room.
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Denver
Mar
Court Place
John G. Ware
Ware
Goroner Horm
Ware le
John G. Ware, Jr
Western Sugar Factory Contracts 600 Acres of Beets
Longmont Colo Mar Local Manager BR N McCreary states contracts cover about 600 acres of beets for next year, up from this time last season. The Western Sugar factory in threely means the expansion reflects growing beet production in the area.
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Colo
Mar
Creat Western Bugar
Accord Ag
BR. N. McCreary
Extra session implications in Democratic filibuster
Washington reports reveal Democrats pressing to delay an extra session by blocking appropriation bills. Republican leaders say the failure could boost their party, as messages to the president and senators increase. The Senate minority leadership contest grows heated with Bailey, Stone, and other factional tensions shaping the path forward.
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Washington
Mar
Repubcan
Senate
Senate Is At Stake and the Deandbrats
Stone
Bailey
Mexican Rebels Thickening As Bands Converge
Reports from Douglas Arizona dated March 2 describe insurrectos under General Jose Blanco seizure of the Tigre mining camp and seizure of arms. Alliances form with bands led by Cabral Frecanante and Lopez to bolster Blanco’s force in Sonora. American capitalists meet to discuss grave implications as federal troops advance into the Ajo mountains.
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Douglas, Ariz
Mar
Jose Blanco
Chihuahua
Tigre
Cabral
Frecanante
Lopez
Blanco
Sonora
Fronteras
Ajo Mountains
Clanco
Agua Prieta
Unclear conflict report near Iguala Guerrero Mexico
In Cuernavaca area on March 2 a clash occurred between federal forces and insurgents near Iguala Guerrero. Report mentions fighting on both sides with several casualties or losses.
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Cuernayach
Mex
Mar
Insurrecto
Iguala Guererro
Judges Clash Over Cox Case Hearing Date
Cincinnati March 2 A clash arose between Presiding Judge Hunt and Judge Gorman over the hearing of the motion to suppress the affidavit of George B Cox. Gorman said he would hear the motion Saturday while Hunt said he would hear it tomorrow. Attorney for Jacob Bashing Republican leader charged with accepting a bribe filed a plea naming nine Democratic grand jurors and three extreme partisans.
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Cincinnati
Mar
Hunt
Gorman
George B. Cox
Saccema
Jacob Baschang
Rabbis and Physicians Oppose Bill on Animal Slaughter
In Boston on March 2 Jewish rabbis and physicians urged the public health committee to reject a bill by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. They argue the measure requiring stunning before slaughter would force 150 000 Jews to import meat, conflicting with Jewish law and customs. Jewish physicians contend the traditional method causes no pain.
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Boston
Mar
Committee On Public Health
Society of the Prevention of Cruelty
National Highway Company organizes for proposed Washington New York road
H Douglas Layman of 1156 Broadway announces the formation of the National Road & Reality Co to build a nationwide highway from Washington to New York. Layman heads the National Highway Club and Chicago Milwaukee Realty, state tolls will apply to commercial traffic only, the road to be free for public use. About seven hundred stockholders, including several millionaires, are enrolled.
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New York
National Road & Reality Company
Washington
H. Douglas Layman
Broadway
Layman
National Highway Club
Chicago-Milwaukee Realty Company
Chicago
Milwaukee
Herald
Miliaonatre Branding Girl as Immoral in Suit
William Eng Heh Walling a wealthy socialist author and relative of a former vice presidential candidate calls the Paris Street affair a fabrication. Bertha Grunspan sues Walling for 100000 dollars for breach of promise claiming he failed to marry her. He testifies relations were meretricious and no marriage discussed.
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New York
William Eng- Heh Walling
William BH. Woglieh
United States
Milasne Bertha Grunspan Tohld
Supreme Court
Paria
Johnsons mourn professor father dies in Cincinnati
Professor A J Johnson father of Ban Hi John son and a powerful leader in Ohio education died in Cincinnati at age 14? The text is garbled. likely an obituary note about Professor A J Johnson a leading educator in Ohio with family at his side.
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Cincinnati
Mar
A. J. Johnson
Ban Hi, Johnson, Powardent
American Baseball League
Johnson
Botaide
Ohio
Italian Princess Murdered in Rome Love Tragedy
Princess Di Tri gona, a lady in waiting to Queen Helena, was killed in a Rome hotel by Lieut Baron Baterne a cavalry officer who claimed to be her lover. He shot himself but survived. The princess was estranged from her husband and was to part from the lover at their fatal meeting.
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Rome
Mar.h
di Trigona
Helena
Baron Baterne
Baterne
Baterno
Yachting Party Rewards Rescuers With Jewels
In Gulfport Mississippi on March 2, Captain Dan Williams and the Silver Wings crew were showered with diamond jewelry by the wife of a Paris banker and other women from the Armah for rescuing Baron Rothchild and 93 aboard the stranded yacht Atham off Cape San Antonio Cuba. Baron Rothchild personally gave cash gifts totaling over $2,000 to the rescuers. Jewelry value is reported over $50,000.
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Gulfport
Migs
Mar
Baron the Child
Atham
Cape San Antonio
Cuba
Dan Williams
Silver Wings
Paris
Armah
Baron Rothchild
Willame
Gallors
Italian priest denies Camorra ties in Cuoccolo murders
In Viterbo on March 2 priest Ciro Vittobbi denied membership in the Camorra while being brought to trial with other Camorra figures for the murder of Gennaro Cuoccolo and his wife. He claimed innocence, was accompanied by guards, and was attended by a doctor before entering his cell.
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Viterbo
Italy
Ciro Vittobbi
Trie
Camorra
Gennaro Cuoccolo
Vittorsi
Erricone
Cumorristg
Vittozsi
Famine and plague deaths rise in China and cholera hits Honolulu
Reported famine and plague deaths in China reach thirty thousand on the borders with two million people left without food. In Honolulu, cholera cases rise to thirteen with closures of pool factories and bans on fishing and beach bathing. steamship lines mandate five day quarantine for passengers amid suspected spread from Philippines laborers.
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Pekin
Mar
China
Honolulu
Territorial Board of Health
Philippines
American Women Degraded by Drinking
New York reports Dr John D Quackenbos finds equal drinking among American women and English women. He notes American women openly indulge in high balls cocktails and champagne in public cafes restaurants and hotels. He adds smoking accompanies drinking and harms women and girls.
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New York
Mar
John
Quackenbos
Murray Leslie
London
Qeackenbos
America
Chinese assist famine relief in San Francisco drive
The Chinese of San Francisco sent over $20,000 to famine stricken countrymen. Donations wired yesterday included $10,000 from the Chinese six counties benevolent association and $1,600 from the Young China newspaper, raised through city Chinese entertainments.
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San Francisco
Six Coun Nies
Young China
Walter Says Fight Has Just Begun
Denver reports Urban Alter editor of the Harpoon defends ongoing attack on the gag rule and Taft Hitchcock reach. Alter claims arrest order came from Washington and vows to continue mailing circulates despite potential jail. The Windy Recorder and Beattie press confront postal department critiques as editors are ousted.
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Denver
Mar
Post Office Department
Washington
Hitchcock
Taft
Bay
Urban al’ Ter
The
Harpoon
Wednerday
Jug
Opes
Walter
Hitchooc
Dlain
Windy Recorder
Beattie
Wash
Postal Department
Editora
Beada
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Rabego
Jura
Habexo
Torreon
Corpobhers
Jimines
Nowales
Mar Z
Federala
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National Highway Company
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